Alex Song

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Alex Song
Alex Song with West Ham United September 2014.jpg
Song in the shirt of West Ham United , 2014
Personnel
Surname Alexandre Dimitri Song Billong
birthday September 9, 1987
place of birth Douala ,  Cameroon
size 185 cm
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2005 SC Bastia 32 (0)
2005–2012 Arsenal FC 138 (7)
2007 →  Charlton Athletic  (loan) 12 (0)
2012-2016 FC Barcelona 39 (1)
2014-2015 →  West Ham United  (Loan) 28 (0)
2015-2016 → West Ham United (Loan) 12 (0)
2016 → West Ham United U21 (loan) 1 (0)
2016-2018 Rubin Kazan 22 (1)
2018-2020 FC Sion 9 (0)
2018-2019 FC Sion U21 6 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2005-2014 Cameroon 49 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 19, 2020

Alexandre Dimitri "Alex" Song Billong (born September 9, 1987 in Douala ) is a Cameroonian - French football player . The midfielder was under contract with FC Sion . On March 18, 2020, he was terminated without notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Career

society

SC Bastia

He started his career at SC Bastia in France. In the summer of 2003 he made his debut for the club's B team and attracted the attention of then coach François Ciccolini through good performances . So it happened that he accepted him in the squad of the first division team in the following season and Song came to his first professional game.

Arsenal FC

Alexander Song, October 2010

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he switched to Arsenal FC in the English Premier League on loan for around 700,000 euros . On September 19, 2005, he made his competitive debut for the Londoners against Everton . After one season, the Gunners took advantage of the option to buy Song and signed him for £ 2.75 million. On January 9, 2006, the defensive specialist scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 6-3 victory in the League Cup against Liverpool . Shortly thereafter, Song was loaned to Charlton Athletic for the remainder of the season . He returned in the summer. Since the 2008/09 season, Arsène Wenger increasingly relied on the youngster and gave him the opportunity to play in the team. Song has been a regular at Arsenal since the end of 2010 and consistently performed consistently. In the 2010/11 season he mostly played alongside Jack Wilshere in a double six and scored goals against Manchester City and Chelsea, among others. Also in the Champions League in the 5-1 win against Shakhtar Donetsk , Song contributed a remarkable goal by maneuvering the ball over the line with a Rabona shot.

The following season, Song was suspended in the 8-2 loss to Manchester United for an assault on Joey Barton in the first matchday, which was only punished in retrospect, and could only watch. After that, Song advanced to the Gunners' top performers in the first half of the season. He caused a special stir in the second leg of the Champions League in the 2-1 win against Borussia Dortmund, when he dribbled out half the defensive and prepared the interim 1-0 through Robin van Persie with a precise cross .

FC Barcelona

During the summer break of 2012, Song moved to the Spanish first division club FC Barcelona . The transfer fee was 19 million euros. He signed a five-year contract until June 30, 2017.

West Ham United

On August 30, 2014, Song moved to West Ham United on loan until the end of the 2014/15 season . After the loan expired, Song initially returned to Barcelona, ​​but was loaned to West Ham United again on September 1, 2015.

Rubin Kazan

After the loan from West Ham United ended, Song did not return to Barcelona for the 2016/17 season , but joined the training of Russian first division club Rubin Kazan , with whom FC Barcelona reached a preliminary agreement on July 21. On August 1, Song finally terminated his contract with FC Barcelona and officially joined Rubin Kazan.

National team

The defensive midfielder has played in the French U-16, U-17 and U-20 national teams. In adulthood, he decided to accrue for his homeland, Cameroon.

He made his debut for the national team on November 15, 2005 in a preparation game for the Africa Cup of 2006 against Morocco, when he came on in the 80th minute. In 2008, Song was nominated by coach Otto Pfister for the squad of the Cameroonian national soccer team at the 2008 African Cup . There the team made it to the final, but failed with a 0-1 to Egypt. In this game, Song had to be replaced after 16 minutes injured. He took part in every game in the tournament. After the tournament he was voted into the “Best XI” selection of the eleven best players in the cup. he took part in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In the game against Croatia he saw red after ramming Mario Mandzukic 's elbow in the back for no apparent reason . Cameroon was eliminated in the preliminary round. As a result of his disregard for Cameroon's squad for the Africa Cup of 2015 , Song resigned from the national team.

successes

Others

In addition to Cameroonian citizenship, Song also has French citizenship.

His cousin Rigobert Song - although he rather describes him as his uncle - was also a professional footballer and most recently played at Trabzonspor in Turkey . Both kickers have already worn the jersey of the Cameroon national team together .

Web links

Commons : Alex Song  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constantin fires several players at FC Sion , accessed on March 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Agreement with Arsenal for Song
  3. ^ Alexandre Song signs his new contract with FC Barcelona
  4. ↑ Alex Song, loaned to West Ham
  5. ↑ FC Barcelona: Agreement with West Ham for the loan of Alex Song , September 1, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Rubin Kazan reach 'provisional agreement' to sign midfielder Alex Song from Barcelona , Daily Mail, July 21, 2016, accessed August 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ FC Barcelona: FC Barcelona and Alex Song agree to terminate contract , August 1, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ See the official confirmation ( memento of August 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) from Rubin Kazan from August 1, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016.
  9. ↑ Africa Cup 2008 in Ghana: Final on weltfussball.de
  10. ↑ Media: Odegaard wants to join Real Madrid , spox.com, accessed and published on January 7, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Song, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Song Billong, Alexandre (full name); Song, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian-French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Douala , Cameroon